My favorite actress, right now, is Rachel McAdams. I loved her in "the Notebook", "Red Eye" and "the Family Stone".

But she seems to have fallen off the movie map. Does anyone know what she'll be in, anytime soon?

My other favorites include Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Even Rachel Wood and America Ferrera.

I would love to hear who your favorite actresses are?

According to IMDB, McAdams is involved in 3 upcoming movies

State of Play, the Time Traveler's Wife, and the Lucky Ones

Without question for me it's Meryl Streep.British actresses Helen Mirren and Emma Thompson are incredible.
I also think when Cher was serious about acting that she was excellent.As far as the younger set,the beautiful Halle Berry has done some great work.

Catherine Deneuve and Helen Mirren.

Rachel McAdams needs the right movie to be a major star- and what ever happened to Helen Hunt?!

Always and forever, Madeline Kahn.

Susan Sarandon
Kate Winslet (NOT for Titanic)
Holly Hunter

I have a few:

Susan Sarandon
Jodie Foster
Emma Thompson
Kathy Bates
Sally Fields
Glenn Close

Laura Linney and Jodie Foster.

My roster of favorite actresses changes every so often, but here's my current list:
Vanessa Redgrave
Katharine Hepburn
Michelle Pfeiffer
Emma Thompson
Kate Winslet
Susan Sarandon
Judi Dench
Jessica Lange

Oooo good topic. I'd be happy to participate

Mine are:

Cicely Tyson
Angela Bassett
Meryl Streep
Judi Dench
Glenn Close
Helen Mirren
Susan Sarandon
Annette Benning

If I had to pick one: Glenn Close. I just love everything she brings to a role; whether it be film or televison

Maggie Cheung
Marianne Sägebrecht
Hanna Schygulla
Dominique Sanda
Nathalie Baye
Bulle Ogier
Amy Ryan
Élodie Bouchez
Carmen Maura

(yeah, and Meryl Streep too)
(and maybe Jessica Lange, but only in Frances)

I honestly do not recognize one of these ladies.I guess I need to see more movies.

You mention Hanna Schygulla... Which brings to my mind Margit Carstensen. I absolutely love her in Fassbinder's hilarious and superb The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and the baroque Chinese Roulette.

And Carmen Maura will forever be in my memory for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love... Breathtaking.

I will add an actress that I think hasn't been mentioned: Isabelle Huppert. La pianiste. Wow...

One of my favorite Meryl Streep's films is Postcards from the Edge, with the awesome Shirley MacLaine. In a campy way, my favorite Streep role is as romance novelist Mary Fisher in She-Devil. She makes the film totally worth it.

Julianne Moore
Meryl Streep
Holly Hunter
Bette Davis ( how could she not be already mentioned?)

1. Ruth Gordon (Harold & Maude, Rosemary's Baby)

2. Olivia De Havilland (GWTW)

3. Agnes Moorehead (Sorry, Wrong Number; radio May 25, 1943)

TRL

Sally Field hands down. I love, love, love, the end of Steel Magnolias when she is superdramatic. Oh my God, it's the best.

I also like:
Halle Berry
Angela Bassett
Toni Collette
the beautiful Salma Hayek


My mind is all over the place. So we will go with these right now.

The Bitter Tears... is one of my favorites too! I've never seen Chinese Roulette, though. Will have to check it out.


Have you seen her in Irma Vep? It's an Olivier Assayas film. A very strange, very fun film.


Yes, and in that beautiful Entre Nous.

While I've always liked Sally Field plenty, Sybil is still one of the most compelling movies and performances I've ever seen, her work in Brothers and Sisters is simply outstanding. She's the mom of all moms with immense complexity and not so subtle emotion. She's truly great on this show.

Don't forget Joanne Woodward, who's a tremendous actress.

I like:

Meryl Streep
Susan Sarandon
Annette Bening (underutilized these days)
Glenn Close (underutilized in the movies but great in Damages)
Holly Hunter (oh so great in her tv series)
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Adjani
Catherine Deneuve
Juliette Binoche
Anne Parillaud
Cherry Jones

Love, love, love Joan Cusack....
Often overlooked as she isn't typically a 'lead character':

Class
My Bodyguard
Sixteen Candles
Broadcast News
Married to the Mob
Working Girl
Men Don't Leave
Say Anything
Toys
Grosse Point Blank
In & Out
Runaway Bride
Ice Princess